arrived @ 2:30 today to VERY STRONG, cold western and slightly northern winds and 43* Pulling up near NE corner near boat launch the first bird seen was again an Eared Grebe also seen between the launch and throughout the bay were the following 3 Horned Grebes (one was actually IN the launch seeking shelter) 60+ Red-Breasted Mergansers 8 DC Cormorants 15 Canada Geese 75+ Gulls 1 Lesser Black-backed gull 15 Herring gulls 60+ Black'billed gulls 8 Mallards 2 Turkey Vultures (flying over Dike 14) 2:25 to west of ICYC 2 Song Sparrows along YC fence 20+ Robins the docks held less gulls than in the past maybe 40 5 Herring the rest Ring-billed the fly over gulls were many and the ratios were the same, the numbers near 75 (mostly RB BUT located one Bonaparte) 5 Double-crested Cormorants were fishing in the area 11 RBMs were also fishing IN the farthest north and west corner of ICYC (only visible if you walked a way up the breakwall eastward) were 14 Horned Grebes - in the "calmest water to be found today Out north of the breakwall the winds were EXTREMELY strong and the waves were high and mighty as well the following birds were seen 100 gull IN the water 20-ish RBMs 10-ish DCC as i was heading back to the car a few long lines of DCCs started flying westward 3 were noted - one had 11 - another had 14 - the last had 16 buster ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]